The National Democratic Congress (NDC), Action Forum in Ashanti on Saturday asked the Ashanti Regional Executive of the party to hand over all party property to the National Secretariat and give way to an interim group to manage affairs until regional elections are held.

It further called for the immediate dissolution of the Regional Re-organisation Committee because "some of the members are working for people with vested interest who want to continue to occupy the power spots of the party."

A statement issued in Kumasi and signed by Mr A.K. Mensah, President of Action Forum said: "It is the belief of Action Forum that if the NDC wishes ever to form a government in this country, she must begin to see the political terrain with sharp and pragmatic eyes".

The statement said the current crop of regional leaders does not inspire anybody and that people were even reluctant to register for elections under their administration.

"We are not calling for any unconstitutional means, but we are drawing the attention of those who care about the NDC to the fact that the calibre of leaders we have in Ashanti does not win 40 per cent of Ashanti votes," it said, adding that the Forum agrees with Mr Alban Bagbin, Minority Leader in Parliament on his views on the party's leadership in the region.

The statement suggested to the party to bend backwards to draw on the guidance of the founding members who it claimed had been ignored since 1994, use some human resources from trusted members of the Tertiary Educational Institutions Network (TEIN) and knowledgeable organisers from the base group on whose foundation the NDC was formed.

Action Forum said contrary to the impression that the Ashanti Regional Executive Committee was functioning, it was in fact moribund, adding that the will to fight and organise was completely lost.